This is going to cause the same dilemma as the Common App for universities. An easy way for a program to filter applicants is the fact that they took the time t

This is going to cause the same dilemma as the Common App for universities. An easy way for a program to filter applicants is the fact that they took the time to complete the long application process. On the other hand, as a startup founder, I'd rather spend my time actually working on the product than doing paperwork for 20 different startup programs. Given that a common app definitely increases the amount of work for the VCs or accelerator programs, but reduces the work for founders, I hope that we'll see the more founder-friendly programs collaborate to make this happen. I'm eager to see what YC's stance on this will be.